I was decidedly in favor of Chicago as the typical American city which sprang from a military post in 1837, survived the most destructive fire in history, and had become the second city of the continent, and, more than any other, represented the life, vigor and industry of the American people.
Sherman advocates for Chicago as the ideal location for the exposition, highlighting its historical significance and character.
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It seems to me that in the present condition of our finances there is no necessity for conferring these large powers on the Secretary of the Treasury.
God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
They want disunion, and not compromise or conciliation.
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